None of us have reached the peak of perfection, but it shouldn’t stop anyone from trying to make the climb.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

Words are more forgettable, but the emotional effects they have on the person hearing them stay engraved in his or her memory.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.

And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.

Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.

I'm an Internet junkie.

I always have an adjustment period where I'm so happy to be home, but then my sense of purpose is totally gone.

Past tense offers authority, distance, and present tense offers emotional immediacy.

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.